Новости за 25.04.2018

The EY survey ranking dispels some myths about corruption in Europe on both sides of the former Iron Curtain, as it shows Poland doing better than the UK and on a par with France.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed US counterpart Donald Trump as a 'tradesman' not qualified to comment on global treaties as on April 25 he ...

Investor COPIN has demanded an apology from Macedonia’s deputy prime minister after he claimed the project, which was cancelled by the government in March, was illegally financed.

RSF Index 2018 takes aim at populist leaders from Donald Trump to Czech President Milos Zeman, warning that hostility towards the media is no longer limited to authoritarian regimes.

Stock Plzen-Bozkov sold 25mn of litres of alcohol on the domestic market in 2017 as Czechs drink less beer per capita and turn instead to wine and spirits.

Russia has invested more in hosting the World Cup this summer than ever before, but is hoping the event will add 1% to GDP growth and have long lasting economic benefits on the 11 regions where games are being played.

The most recent bout of US sanctions on Russia have clearly had an effect. But are they effective? The answer to that depends on the intended impact, and that is harder to assess.

Belarus has plenty of money to meet its obligations this year and most of next, so it's not planning any more Eurobond issues but may issue debt on the Russian capital markets, the head of Belarus’s debt agency said.

RSF report blames collusion between media, politicians and oligarchs for abysmal state of press freedom in Bulgaria, and accuses officials of using EU funds to bribe media to go easy on the government.

Analysts, however, see move as a bid to anchor the lira ahead of the snap elections and question the central bank’s longer term credibility.

With this year’s elections unlikely to change anything, Bosnians fed up with rampant unemployment and corruption have been creating video games to lampoon political leaders starting with President Bakir Izetbegovic.

Investors are oversubscribing to even very weak emerging market debt. Tajikistan sees a chance to further fund its Rogun hydroelectric dam, infrastructure hit by decades-long delays.

Credit rating agency S&P on April 24 suspended the B/B rating of major Polish debt recovery firm GetBack, ...

Meszaros, a lifelong friend of PM Viktor Orban, hopes to avoid media scrutiny by stepping down as mayor of Felcsut, as he anticipates "significant transactions" ahead for the listed companies he controls.

Protest leader Pashinian tells ruling Republican party to make way, says he will become interim PM if people demand it.

The third bridge over Danube between Romania and Bulgaria will be part of a package that four Balkan countries — Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and ...

White House press call with France’s Macron leaves room for optimism that Europe will get more time to negotiate with Tehran.

Slovakia could have another carmaker on its already soil. Chinese Zhi Dou, a producer of electric cars, has narrowed down its choice on where to ...